FENTON – The Tigers’ Nov. 19-20 visit to the World Wide Technology Soccer Park did not end in Excelsior Springs’ first state boys soccer title. But it ended in a third-place finish. Excelsior Springs dropped its Class 2 semifinal with Perryville 4-3 Nov. 19, then rebounded the next day by defeating Harrisonville 3-1 in the third-place game. The finish was Excelsior Springs’ best since 2004, when the Tigers were runnersup to St. Dominic of O’Fallon. The semifinal was a tale of two halves. The Tigers led 3-0 at halftime. Senior Ethan Edwards scored the first goal in the sixth minute, with junior Brendan Blackburn assisting him on a corner kick rebound. Freshman Kollin Kincaid made it 2-0 in the 17th minute, when he received the ball from freshman Jacob Zapata in the middle of the field and split two Perryville defenders. Edwards scored again in the 31st minute on a penalty kick. Defensively, the Tigers kept ...